Tricots St. Raphael Enters Golf Apparel Business

Press Release

Posted 2004-04-10

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2004--Perry Ellis International (Nasdaq:PERY) announced today that it will launch its luxury Tricots St. Raphael(R) brand into the golf apparel business for fall 2004. Perry Ellis International will leverage its golf apparel infrastructure to support Tricots St. Raphael(R)'s new collection. The line will use Perry Ellis' in-house embroidery department. It will be distributed through the company's separate golf warehouse, and be promoted by a full sales force of 10 people.

"Our new Tricots St. Raphael(R) line is the sportswear solution to golf," said Ronald Platovsky, executive vice president of merchandising and production for the brand. "The merchandise is exclusive to Tricots St. Raphael(R)'s golf apparel business and targets the affluent golf enthusiast looking for fashionable colors and contemporary sportswear."

Platovsky continued: "Tricots St. Raphael(R)'s casual elegant clothing appeals to men who enjoy the resort and country club lifestyle. Our new line looks great under a sports coat, as a layering piece, and it can be worn at the office. We have achieved our objective of providing beautiful fabrications at good value. Our golf apparel is sophisticated, comfortable and easy to wear."

George Pita, senior vice president of Perry Ellis International said: "Tricots St. Raphael(R) will capitalize on our company's established golf business. We will distribute the brand through Perry Ellis' network of select green grass and resort locations."

About Tricots St. Raphael

Tricots St. Raphael(R) is a 30-year-old brand providing better specialty stores with a high quality sophisticated product. Tricots St. Raphael(R) products provide discerning consumers with a casual elegant alternative for their wardrobe.

About Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis International Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories, and fragrances, including dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress and casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear and men's and women's swimwear to all major levels of retail distribution. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of highly recognized brands including Perry Ellis(R), Jantzen(R), Cubavera(R), Munsingwear(R), John Henry(R), Original Penguin(R), Grand Slam(R), Natural Issue(R), Penguin Sport(R), the Havanera Co.(TM), Axis(R), and Tricots St. Raphael(R). The company also licenses trademarks from third parties including Nike(R) and Tommy Hilfiger(R) for swimwear, and PING(R) and Ocean Pacific(R) for men's sportswear. Additional information on PEI is available at http://www.pery.com.

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